National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has fired Nyendo-Mukungwe MP Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba as leader of opposition in Parliament (LoP). Bobi Wine replaced seasoned Mpuuga with first time legislator Joel Ssenyonyi.
Families living on land belonging to Kilembe mines are on the verge eviction following the court of appeal ruling that confirmed Kilembe Mines Limited as the sole owner of the land in question.
The latest ruling of the High Court which declared that Bank of Africa was in breach of contract for freezing Victoria Candles Limited’s account after Shs1.7bn landed on the same is just an addition to the list of troubled relationships between Ugandan commercial banks and their clients.
DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has made at least two statements and taken one action that threaten diplomatic relations among member states of the East African Community (EAC) and could plunge the region into war.
Climate activists in Uganda have appealed to the government to prioritise women-led climate change projects in the next Gender Action Plan arguing that many women are being left on the sidelines yet they are the most affected by climate shocks.
Nearly 1,600 newly appointed teachers will start picking their appointment letters from Uganda’s Ministry of Education and Sports today after they landed government payroll jobs.
Ugandan security agencies have confirmed the killing of 10 people in the district of Kamwenge. The shocking killings are being linked to Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels whom President Yoweri Museveni recently said were steadily being decimated.
Five former speakers of parliament Prof Edward Rugumayo of the third parliament, Amb Francis Butagira of the fourth parliament, Alhaji Moses Kigongo of the fifth parliament, former vice president Edward Ssekandi of the seventh and eighth parliaments, and Rebecca Kadaga of the ninth and 10th parliaments have received posh SUVs, each estimated at nearly Shs650m. The cars is for the comfort of these former speakers – and perhaps to shield them from potholed roads government is struggling to fix.
In January this year at the launch of the oil drilling operations at the King Fisher oil fields in Kikuube district, President Yoweri Museveni recalled an altercation with TotalEnergies. That time, the 79-year-old said, TotalEnergies wanted to build only the oil-heated pipeline, known as the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) that would transport Uganda’s thick waxy oil to Tanga port for export to foreign markets but President Museveni blatantly refused.